videojs-contrib-media-sources

videojs-media-sources

A Media Source Extensions plugin for video.js.

Media Source Extensions (MSE) is a W3C draft specification that makes it possible to feed data directly to a video element. MSE allows video developers to build functionality like adaptive streaming directly in javascript.

Getting Started

The plugin exposes a MediaSource shim that can be used to feed dynamic content to a video element. On browsers that natively support Media Source Extensions, the HTML implementation will be used. If you're running in an environment without MSE, a Flash-backed polyfill will be used. Currently, the Flash polyfill only supports video content encoded in the FLV file format. For information on how FLVs are structured, Adobe hosts the latest version of the spec on their site.

The Flash polyfill attempts to balance throughput to the FLV with end-user responsiveness by asynchronously feeding bytes to the SWF at a fixed rate. By default, that rate is capped at 4MB/s. If you'd like to play higher bitrate content, you can adjust that setting:

// 8MB/s at 60fps
videojs.MediaSource.MAX_APPEND_SIZE = Math.ceil((8 * 1024 * 1024) / 60);

Setting the MAX_APPEND_SIZE too high may lead to dropped frames during playback on slower computers.

Check out an example of the plugin in use in example.html.

Release History

• 0.3.0: Delegate SourceBuffer.abort() calls to the SWF
• 0.2.0: Improve interactivity by batching communication with Flash.
• 0.1.0: Initial release

License

See LICENSE-APACHE2.